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Michigan National Guard medic saves nurse at vaccine clinic
March 29, 2021
Army Sgt. Christian Grow, a combat medic assigned with the Michigan National Guard’s Task Force Red Lion COVID-19 Vaccination Testing Team, performed the Heimlich maneuver to save a choking nurse, Jacqueline Goldstein, during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Novi, Michigan, March 20, 2021.
Texas National Guard Counterdrug leads in technical field
March 29, 2021
Staff Sgt. Daniel Pando,Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force communications support member, works on cutting-edge electronic equipment to help the Homeland Security Investigations Technical Operations Unit catch drug trafficking organizations in El Paso, Texas. Texas Counterdrug has supported federal, state and local law enforcement throughout the state for more than 30 years.
Virginia National Guard provides mobile vaccination teams
March 29, 2021
A Virginia National Guard Soldier prepares a COVID-19 vaccination March 10, 2021, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The Virginia National Guard is reconfiguring the task force conducting COVID-19 testing and mask fit training to create mobile vaccination teams.
Michigan National Guard vaccinates northern Michiganders
March 26, 2021
A Michigan Army National Guard Soldier with the Task Force North COVID-19 Vaccination/Testing Team (CVTT) vaccinates members of the community at the Grayling Fire Department, Grayling, Michigan, March 13, 2021. Guard members are helping local health officials get Michiganders vaccinated.
Vermont Air National Guard responds to aircraft fire
March 25, 2021
The Vermont National Guard''s 158th Fire Department responded to a civilian aircraft fire on a runway of Burlington International Airport the evening of March 24, 2021. The pilot and family evacuated before Guard members arrived and extinguished the flames.
Ohio National Guard begins 2nd year of COVID response
March 25, 2021
March 23, 2021, marked the one-year anniversary of the Ohio National Guard’s first mission responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, 5,600 Soldiers, Airmen, and members of the Ohio Military Reserve and Ohio Naval Militia have answered the call to help their communities during nearly 70 missions.
New Mexico Guard, USAF join forces to administer vaccines
March 24, 2021
A member of the New Mexico National Guard administers a COVID-19 vaccine at the Wyoming Readiness Center in Albuquerque, N.M., March 18, 2021. The NMNG and active-duty Air Force vaccinated about 400 eligible Department of Defense service members, federal technicians, contractors and others.
‘Buddy Aid’ training takes new approach to sexual assault
March 24, 2021
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, presents a coin to Maj. Bridget Flannery, South Dakota National Guard SHARP Master Trainer and developer of Buddy Aid, March 2, 2021, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The training on “Buddy Aid – First Response to Sexual Assault” was sponsored by the office of the Virginia National Guard Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and included military and civilians from National Guard Bureau’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
Air National Guard helps rescue 5 missing mariners
March 24, 2021
Five U.S. Air Force Guardsmen from the 155th Air Refueling Squadron, Nebraska Air National Guard, and one Guardsman from the Alaska ANG on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 18, 2021. The crew, assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, assisted in rescuing five men overdue from a fishing trip.
New York Air National Guard command chief launches podcast
March 23, 2021
New York Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Denny Richardson, left, speaks with Col. Rob Donaldson, the vice commander of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, March 23, 2021, at Stratton Air National Guard Base near Schenectady in the first episode of his podcast, “Journeys Through Leadership.” Richardson, the senior enlisted leader for the New York Air National Guard, plans to use the podcast so Airmen of all ranks and experience can share their stories with others in the force.